Blue Collars, “Red Forts,” and Green Fields: Working-Class Housing in Ireland in the Twentieth Century

International Labor and Working-Class History

Volumn 64, Issue , 2003, Pages 38-54

  Mcmanus, Ruth ^a  

^a St Patrick's School   (Australia)

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EID: 0348219346     PISSN: 01475479     EISSN: 14716445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0147547903000188     Document Type: Article

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